Ribbon-loom.



R. KOHLHAAS.

RIBBON LOOM.

(Application filed Aug. 29, 1901.)

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R. KOHLHAA-S.

RIBBON LOOM.

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RIBBGN LOOM.

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R. KDHLHAAS.

vRIBBON LOOM. (Application mad Aug. 29, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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A'rnNr OFFICE.

' REYNOLD KOI-ILHAAS, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

RIBBON- LOOM.

srncrrrcaron forming part of Letters :Patent No. 699,879, dated May 13,1902.

Application filed August 29, 1901.

To @ZZ wtont it may concern:

Be itknown that I, REYNOLD KoHLHAAs, a citizen of the United States,residing at Philadelphia, county of Philadelphia, and State ofPennsylvania, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement inRibbon-Looms, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a new and useful c improvement in ribbon-looms,and relates to that class of ribbon-looms in which two or more shuttlesare used for weaving ribbons of two or more colors, and. my inventionapplies to that part of the mechanism of the loom which actuates andshifts the shuttles backward and forward; and the' objects of myinvention are to 'construct this mechanism in such a manner that itwillbe compact and take up but little space in the loom, and this mechanismwill be located underneath the lathe and not extend up above the same,so as to cut off the light, as in the case of the apparatus now used.

Another object ot my invention is to so construct the device that itwill allow the same to be actuated from any point of the loom, and itwill be entirely automatic in throwing out one set of shuttles andputting in operation the set desired.

lVith these ends in view this invention consists in the details ofconstruction and combination of elements hereinafter set forth and thenspecifically'designated by the claims.

In order that those, skilled in the art to which this inventionappertains may under` stand how to make and use the same,theconstruction and operation will now be described in detail, referring tothe accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, inwhich- Figure l is an elevation of one side of the lathe with myinvention applied thereto; Fig. 2, a horizontal section through thelathe tion on the opposite side of the lathe from Fig. 3, showing themanner in which movement is communicated to the different shuttles bythe different racks; Fig. 5, a detail view of one of the clutch-pulleys;Fig. G, a detail perspective view of a band wheel,

Serial No. 73.738. (No model.) l

Fig. 7, an end elevation of my invention, showing the lathe in section;Fig. 8, an enlarged detail side elevation ot' the clutchlpulleys withthe cords attached thereto; Fig. 9, a diagram of a pair cf theclutch-pulleys, showing the cordsconnected to the rack and the rackbeing in the extreme position in one direction; Fig. 10, a similar Viewto Fig. 9, showing the rack ,in the extreme position in the oppositedirection; Fig. 1l, a side elevation of the lathe with my inventionapplied thereto, showing the manner in which the pulleys would bearranged when only two shuttles are used; Fig. 12, a plan view of Fig.11, and Fig. 13 an end view of Fig. 11.

In rihbonflooms in which more than one shuttle is used the lathe iscomposed of two parts-namely,`the back lathe, which is represented inthe drawings by l and which is stationary, and the front lathe,(represented in the drawings by 2,) which is movable up and downvertically. The shuttles or races for the shuttles are carried in thefront or movable lathe and are raised and lowered with the same. Theobject of raising andlowering the front lathe is to bring into operationdifferent series of shuttles carrying dif ferent colors, and only oneseries of shuttles is operated upon at onetime. Thus the mechanism whichthrows the shuttles must be operated upon automatically, so as to throwthe right series of shuttles, according to the height the front lathe israised-as, for instance, if the front lathe is in its lowest position,as shown in Fig. 1, the upper line of shuttles are designed to bethrown. Vhen the front lathe is raised one step, the nextdine ofshuttles directly beneath will be operated, and so on, according to thenumber of series of shuttles in the bank. This raising ot' the frontlathe forms no part of my invention and may be accomplished in anymanner desired and usually regulated by jacquard mechanism. My inventionrelates entirely to the mechanism for. throwing the shuttles and meansvusa-that is, by means of racks 3, which are y adapted to reciprocatebackward and forward ICO within guideways running longitudinally of thefront lathe. These racks are adapted to be always in mesh with the fixedgear-wheels 4. Each of said gear-,wheels is also in mesh with thedifferent series of shuttles 5, which shuttles have racks formed uponone side of the same to mesh with the gear-wheels. The shuttles 5 areadapted to slide within races, and the warp which forms the ribbon isadapted to pass through the lathe between the shuttlc-races, 'and theshuttles are of such a length that in passing backward and forwardacross this space the rack upon the shuttle will be engaged by Athegear-wheel upon the opposite race before it is out of mesh with thegearwheel of the race from which it started. Thus it is simply necessaryto reciprocate the racks backward and forward to throw the shuttles.

As far as I have described is old and an ordinary construction, thefollowing description will apply to my invention.

Extending outward from the back or stationary lathe 1 is a framework 6.Bearings are formed in this framework, in which are journaledshafts 7and 8. Upon the shaft 7 is journaled loosely a series of clutch-pulleys9, there being as many clutch-pulleys in this series as there are seriesof shuttles in the lathe, and upon the shaft 8 are j ournaled looselyanother seriesof clutch-pulleys 10, corresponding in number to theclutch-pulleys 9. These clutchypulleys are arranged in pairs, one memberof the pair being upon one shaft and the other member upon the othershaft and directly opposite one another. Each of these pairs of pulleysoperate to reciprocate one rack.

In the drawings, in Figs. 1 to 11, inclusive, I have illustrated thelathe as constructed for four series of shuttles, and therefore therewould be four clutch-pulleys upon each of the shafts 7 and 8. Each ofthe clutch-pulleys has formed in its periphery two grooves. In one ofthe grooves of theclutch-pulley 9 is adapted tolie the cord 11, which issecured tothe periphery of the pulley at one end and passes upward overone of the series of idle pul1eys12 and then passes around a pulley 13,which isjournaled in the front lathe, and the other end of the cord 11is secured to one of the racks 3. Within the Acorresponding groove ofthe clutch-pulley 10. is adapted to lie the cord,14,.one end of which issecured to said pulley, andthiscord then passes npward and over one ofthe series of idle pul-` leys 12 Vand extendsparallelwith the lathe inthe opposite direction to the cord 11 Yand passes around one of thepulleys 15, journaled in the lathe, .and the otherend of the cord 14 isalso secured to one of the racks, so that for each .pair ofclutch-pulleys 9 and 10 Vthere will be a pair of cords 11 and 14,extending from these pulleys to the rack. These pulleys are adapted toreciprocate the rack. The clutch-pulleys 9 and 10 are adapted toberevolved by mechanism hereinafter to be d.e.

scribed, one in one direction and the other in the opposite direction,the same distance and at the same rate of speed, so that when one of thecords 11 or 14 is'wound upon one of the pulleys the opposite cord willbe unwound from the other pulley, and thus the cords will always remaintaut; but the rack will be reciprocated backward and forward as thepulleys are revolved backward and forward. Each pair of clutch-pulleys 9and 10 are adapted to reciprocate a different rack, and as only one rackis to be reci procated at a time, and the rack which is reciprocateddepends upon the height to which the front lathe is raised, it isnecessary that the clutching mechanism which clutches the desired pairof pulleys will be operated automatically by the raising and lowering ofthe front lathe, and this mechanism I will now describein detail.

The clutch-pulleys 9 and 10 are journalcd loosely upon the shafts 7 and8, and these Vshafts are adapted to he rotated backward and forward bymeans of the band-wheel 16. This band-wheel is adapted to bereciprocated backward and forward by means of the two straps 17, whichare Wound upon the band-wheel in opposite directions, and these strapsare adapted to be pulled alternately by mechanism connected with theloom, such as a double crank-shaft which may be adjustable as to thepull. This forms no part of my invention, as any suitable means can beemployed which would alternately pull the straps or bands 17 and thesestraps and bands can be run over pulleys to any point of the machine andoperated therefrom eitherabove or below the lathe. The shafts 7 and 8are adapted to be revolved in opposite directions to one another by theband-wheel16,and this is accomplished by means of thegear-wheel 18,which is adapted'to be revolved in the same direction as the band-wheel,and this gear 18 meshes with the gear 19, journaled upon the shaft 7.The gear 18 also meshes with an idle gear 20, which in turn meshes withthe-gear2l, journaled upon theshaft 8.

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The motion from the band-wheel is not communicated directly to the gear18, but is transmitted through a crank 22, which crank is secured to thesame stud as the gear-wheel 18. This crank-arm -22 is slotted at 23, andin this slot is adapted to slide a block 24, which block is secured tothe rear face of the band-wheel, near the periphery ofthe same. Theband-wheel 16 is journaled upon a stud which is secured in the bracket25', and this bracket is slotted vertically at 26', so that the stud andthe band-wheel may be raised or lowered, and thus the band-Wheel may beplaced upon the same line as the stud to which the crank 22 is securedor may belowered so as to be out of line with said crankstud.. When itis out of line with the. crankstud, one-half of the revolution of thebandwheel will bring the block 24 at a point nearer the crank-stud thanwhen it is at the' point directly opposite such position, and the speedwill be consequently increased as the-block is brought nearer thecenter. This is for the decrease to the end.

purpose of increasing the speed transmitted to the clutch-pulleys,andthereby to the racks and shuttles, when the shuttles are at onehalf oftheir travel, and will decrease the speed at the end of the travel. Thuswhen the band-wheel 1G is set off the center with the crank-stud theshuttles will commence at a comparatively slow speed, and the speed willbe accelerated until one-half of the movement is completed and then willgradually This Variation of the speed of the shuttles is for throwingthe same quickly through the shed of the warp, so that in weaving verywide ribbons the shed will not close upon the shuttles and at the sametime the shuttles will start slowly and stop slowly. Of course in narrowribbons this variation of speed would not be necessary. Then theband-wheel could be adjusted so that its pivotal point would be in adirect line with the crank-stud, and the speed of the shuttle then wouldbe the same throughout its travel. The shuttles are designed to bereciprocated only when the band-wheel is pulled in one direction. Thereversing of the bandewheel is only for the purpose of returning themechanism to its normal position.

It is obvious that to reciprocate the racks only one of the pair ofcords ll and lfl can be pulled upon at one time, and therefore only oneof the pair of clutch-pulleys 9 and 10 are to be actuated. Thus theclutching mechanism must be such that the clutch-pulleys 9 and 10 may bealternately connected and disconnected from the shafts 7 and S, for theopposite pulley must be revolved in the opposite direction to theactuated pulley and at the same rate of speed, so as to allow theopposite cord of the pair to be unwound to allow the rack to travel andat the same time keep the cord taut. I will now describe the means bywhich I accomplish this movement.

Each of the clutch-pulleys 9 and/10 has pivoted to the same the dog25,as clearly shown in Fig. 8. These dogs are pivoted to the pulleys at thepoint 2G and are adapted to be held in their normal position by means ofthe spring 27, so that their outer edge 28 projects beyond the peripheryof the pulleys, a pin 29 limiting this movement. In the outer end ofthese dogs is formed a notch 30.

3l represents pawls which are secured to the shafts 7 and 8 and adaptedto -revolve therewith. The nose 32 of the pawl is adapted to enter thenotch 30 in the dog 25, and thereby carry the pulley around with it inits revolution, and when the dog 25 is in its normal position, as shownin the left-hand pulley of Fig. 8, the pawl can revolve freely withinthe pulley without engaging the sa'me. For the purpose of pressing thedog 25 upward at the proper timeI provide the spring-cams 33, which arepivoted to the framework 6 at the point 3l and are held upward incontact with the peripheries of the pulleys by means of the springs 35.The cords l'l and 14C are secured to the pulleys 9 and 10, so that thedog 25 which is carried by the opposite pulley to the one being revolvedby the pawl will be directly over its cam 33 at the limit of itsmovement, so that the cam will press the dog upward, so as to be engagedby its pawl in the next movement of the same. The dog upon the oppositepulley, which has been in engagement with its pawl, will not stop overthe cam, so that when the pawls 3l are revolved backward by thealternate rotation of the band-wheel 1G this dog as soon as it is freedfrom engagement with its pawl will spring outward into the positionshown at the left of Fig. 8, so that in the next forward movement of thepawl it will not engage this dog, but engage the dog of the oppositepulley of the same pair. Thus it willbe seen that the pulleys cannotmake a full revolution, because if they did each of the dogs would stopupon its cam 33, there being one of the spring-cams under each pulley.Thus each pawl would engage its dog and prevent any movement whatsoever.

The operation of this clutching mechanism is as follows: As theband-wheel 16 is rotated in one direction one of the pawls 31will engageits dog 25 and revolve the clutch-pulley of that pair of pulleys whichis set for operation the required distance, and the cords are so tiedand adj usted to the pulleys that when this pulleyhas made therequiredrevolution the other pulley, which has been revolved in theopposite direction, will be stopped so that its dog is directly over itsspring-cam 33, and thus the dog will be forced into position to beengaged by its pawl. The band-wheel at this point is then reversed, thepawl traveling backward. This pawl will be allowed to pass the raiseddog, because of the fact that both the dog and the cam can swingdownward by reason of the springvl, and then resume its normal positionafter the pawl has passed. Then the band-wheel and pawls have reachedtheir limit in this retrograde movement, the bandwheel is againreversed, which will cause the pawls to travel forward, and then theopposite pawl will engage the dog upon the opposite pulley to the oneformerly engaged, and so on, the dogs upon the pulleys being engagedalternately, the revolution of one pulley leaving the dog upon theopposite pulley in position to be next engaged.

I have found by experience that in case the loom is stopped before thepulleys have reached the -limit of their movement the weight of thejacquard mechanism or other means may causethe shafts tov travelbackward a slight distance, and this backward movement might besufficient to then remove the pawls from the dog before the coinpletedmovement. The dogs would then instantly spring outward and would not beengaged by the pawl when lthe movement is resumed. To obviate this, Iprovide upon one side of the dogs the latch 36,'which is piv- 'IOO IIO

oted `to the dog at the point37. A notch 38 A is formed upon the pulley,and a light'spring 39 tends to normally hold the latch out of engagementwith the notch; but this latch is in such a position that when the nose32 ofthe pawl enters the notch 30 of the dog it will also push the latch36 into engagement with the notch 38, and thus the dog will be held inposition to be engaged by the pawls until the latch is removed from thenotch. Thus if the nose 32 of the pawls is removed from the notch of thedogs a slight distance before the movement is completed when themovement is resumed it will again engage the dog; but after the movementhas been completed and the pawls travel backward in t-heir retrogrademovement the finger 40, which is carried by the pawl, will strike thelatch 3G and disengage it from the notch, so as to allow it to springback in its normal position, and thus when the pawl resumes its forwardmovement it will not engage the dog.

As before mentioned, the opposite pulley to the pulley being actuated bythe pawl revolves in the opposite direction to the one actuated at thesame rate of speed and the same distance. This movement may becommunicated from the vactuated pulley to the other vof the same pair inany suitable manner; but I prefer to employ the following manner: A cord4l is provided for each pair of pulleys, and one end of this cord issecured to one pulley of the pair and the other end is secured to theopposite pulley and adapted to rest in the second groove of suchpulleys. rThe loop of this cord 41 is then adapted to pass down andaround one of the idle pulleys 42, which pulleys are adjustablevertically upon an arm 43,' which extends downward from and is carriedby the front or vertically-moving lathe. Then when one of a pair ofpulleys is actuated by the pawl so as to be revolved forward the cord 4lwill be wound upon this pulley, and thereby will be caused to unwindfrom the opposite pulley, which willrevolve such pulley in the oppositedirection.

As it has been heretofore described that the only pulleys which areactuated by the revolution backward and forward of the shafts 7 and 8are those pulleys whose dogs are pressed. upward by the spring-cam 33,all of the pawls revolve with each of the shafts, and so to throw inanother series of shuttles it is Y only necessary to revolve the pulleyso that 'their dogs actuated by the cam as the front lathe is raised orlowered to bring in action the different set of shuttles. Of course allthe other dogs of the other pulleys will not come in contact with theircams at the limit of the movement of the band-wheel in either direction.Thusif the front lathe 2 is raised the pulleys 12 and 42 will rbe raisedwith it, as also the cords ll and 14, which will be pulled upon equallyby the raising of the lathe. The clutch-pulleys 9 and 10 being attachedto the back lathe, it will be held stationary, and thus will becompelled to turn as the cords 11 and 14 are pulled upward, and thesecords are so tied and adj usted to each pair of pulleys that it willbring the dogs of the proper pair of pulleys in the proper position soas to be engaged by the pawls, and thus the proper rack and series ofshuttles will be reciprocated.

The pulleys l5 may be adjusted longitudinally of the lathe for thepurpose of tightening the cords in any convenient manner, hereillustrated as by means of the screw-rods 44, which are swveled throughthe framework 45 and threaded through the studs upon w-hich the pulleys13 and 15 are journaled, said studs adapted to slide within slots formedin the lathe.

46 represents connections adapted to slide in grooves formed in thefront lathe, and to these connections are connected the cords 11 and 14of one-half of the racks, for when there are four shuttles in the banktwo of the racks 3 will be above and two below the line of the shuttles,and these connections 46 are for the purpose of operating the upperracks.

In Figs. 1l, 12, and'lS I haveillustrated how my invention would beconstructed when only two series of shuttles would be used. Thepulley-wheels 9 and 10 would then be all journaled upon the same shaftand the cords 1l and 14 and 41 would all operate the same as they doupon the pulleys, before described, set upon the separate shafts. Theidea of making the two shafts 7 and 8 instead of one is simply for thepurpose of economizing space, for when there are four or more series .ofshuttles used it will necessitate the use of four or more pairs ofclutch-pulleys. Therefore if this large number of clutch-pulleys werejournaled upon the same shaft it would make the apparatus too wide, andthatis the `reason why they are divided up upon two shafts for thepurpose of reducing the width; but when there are only two or threeshuttles used they may be placed upon one shaft, and this will somewhatsimplify the mechanism, as the gear-wheels 18, 19, 20, and 21 may `bedispensed with. The rest of the apparatus is the same as has beendescribed and operates in exactly the same manner.

The advantages of my invention are that the whole mechanism for shiftingthe shuttles is confined in a very small space and is so compact that itcan be placed underneath the lathe, which is of great advantage over themechanism now used, which projects upward from the lathe and cuts offthe light from the work. Another advantage of my invention is that thebands which are secured IOO to the band-wheel can be run over pulleys toany point of the machine and operated from any shaft desired, eitherabove or below the shuttles, and a further advantage is the quicknessand accuracy with which the mechanism` can be adjusted to vary the speedof the shuttle and the simplicity of the mechanism by which thedifferent series of shuttles are thrown into and out of action automatically by the raising and lowering of the front lathe.

Of course I do not wish to be limited tothe exact construction hereshown,as slight modifications could be made without departing from thespirit of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and usefulisl. In combination with a ribbon-loom of the character described,bearings secured to the back lathe, clutch pulleys journaled looselytransversely of the lathe and adapted to be supported by said bearings,said clutchpulleys arranged in pairs, one pair for each series ofshuttles, two cords for each pair of: pulleys, one end of one cord beingattached to one pulley of the pair, one end of the other cord attachedto the otherpulley of the pair, idle pulleys journaled in bearings onthe lathe-beam, one of the cords of each pair of clutch pulleys adaptedto pass from said clutch-pulleys in one direction and pass around theidle pulleys and be attached to the rack, the other cord of the samepair of clutch-pulleys adapted to pass in the opposite direction aroundanother idle pulley and be attached to the rack, said idle pulleys soplaced that when the cords are pulled alternately the rack will bereciprocated, means for rocking the transverse shaft upon which theclutch-pulleys are journaled a predetermined part of one revolutionbackward and forward, clutching mechanism adapted to alternately connectfirst one and then the other of the clutch-pulleys of each pair to theirshafts each time the shafts are rocked in one given direction, meanswhereby the pulley in clutch with the shaft will rotate the other pulleyof the pair in the opposite direction at the same rate of speed so thatthe cord connected to one of the pulleys of the pair will be wound uponthe same, and the cord connected to the other pulley of the pair will beunwound from the same, means whereby the clutching mechanism is thrownin and out of engagement with different pairs of clutchpulleysautomatically by the raising and lowering of the front lathe,substantially as described and for the purpose set forth.

2. In an apparatus of the character described, one or more shaftsadapted to extend transversely across the lathe-beam, bearings securedto the back lathe in which said shaft or shafts are journaled,clutch-pulleys journaled loosely upon said shaft or shafts, saidclutch-pulleys arranged in pairs, one pair for each series of shuttlescarried by the lathe, two cords for each pair of clutch-pulleys, one endof one of the cords of each pair attached to one of the clutch-pulleysof each pair, and one end of the other cord attached to the other pulleyof the same pair, idle pulleys, two for each pair of clutch-pulleys,jour- -naled in the front lathe, one of the cords of each pair ofclutch-pulleys adapted to pass around one pulley of each pair of idlepulleys, the other cord adapted to pass around the other idle pulley,and both cords adapted to be secured to one rack, said idle pulleys soarranged in the front lathe that when the cords are alternately pulledthe rack will be reciprocated, a band-wheel journaled upon a suit-ablebearing extending from the back lathe, two bands or straps secured tothe bandwheel and wound upon the same in opposite directions, said bandsor straps adapted to be alternately pulled so as to rock said bandwheela predetermined part of one revolution backward and forward, means fortransmittingl this backward-and-forward motion to the transverse shaftor shafts, clutching mechanism whereby one pair of pulleys journaledupon the transverse shaft is alternately connected to said shaft so asto be revolved therewith when the shaft or shafts are moved in onedirection, means whereby the clu tch-pulley which is in clutch with theshaft will cause the other pulley of the same pair to rotate in theopposite direction the same distance and at the same rate of speed,whereby the cord connected to one pulley will be wound upon the same,and the cord connected to the other pulley will be unwound fromthe same,the cords tied to the clutch-pulleys at such a point that when the frontlathe is raised certain distances the clutch-pulleys will be so revolvedas to throw into engagement the clutching mechanism of a certain set ofclutchpulleys, and means for giving to the actuated clutch-pulleys avariation of speed, said means adapted to increase the speed at onehalfof the revolution, and diminish the speed toward each end of the stroke,substantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. In combination with a device of the character described, clutchingmechanism consisting of a dog pivoted to each of the clutchpulleys, aspring adapted to hold the outer edge of the dogs normally beyond theperiphery of the pulleys, a notch formed in the dogs, pawls secured tothe transverse shaft or shafts and adapted to rock therewith,spring-cams pivoted to the back lathe, springs adapted to normally holdsaid spring-*cams in contact with the periphery of thepulleys, and saidcams adapted to act so as to push the dogs inward so that the notch inthe dog will lie inthe path of travel of the pawls whenever said dogsare stopped in the proper position, means whereby only one pair ofclutchpulleys are adapted to work in conjunction with the clutchmechanism so as to reciprocate one of the racks at a time, averticallymoving front-lathe beam forming a part of the loomvto whichthis device is attached, said IOO IIO

pairs of clutch-pulleys adapted to be thrown in and out of contact withthe clutching mechanism by the raising and lowering of the front lathe,each pair of clutch-pulleys adapted to be so revolved relative to oneanother that both the dogs pivoted to said pulleys will never be inContact with the springcams at the same time, but the actuatedclutch-pulleys will be so rotated that the dog of the opposite pulley ofthe pair engaged by the pawl will be brought in contact with its camatthe limit of its movement and forced in the path of the travel of thepawl so as to be engaged by the same upon the next movement of the pawl,means for locking the dogs in their raised position when engaged by thepawl, and means for releasing said locking mechanism when the pawl hasmade about one-half of its retrograde movement, substantially as and forthe purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my signature in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

REYN OLD KOHLHAAS.

Witnesses:

FRED. E. SCHMIDT, LIZZIE SCHMIDT.

